LatAm in Focus: Argentina's 2019 Election Brings in a New President 

Wednesday, October 30, 2019  |  Luisa Horwitz

Alberto Fernández defeated President Mauricio Macri in the first round. Juan Cruz Díaz, Cefeidas Group managing director and AS/COA special advisor, lays out the country’s political panorama.  ... Read More

LatAm in Focus: Behind Uruguay's Presidential Vote

Thursday, October 17, 2019  |  Luisa Leme

The 2019 race might not yield major political shifts, but the next president will still face unknown territory, says Professor Arturo Porzecanski. The first round-vote takes place October 27. ... Read More

LatAm in Focus: Marie Arana Talks Silver, Sword, and Stone

Thursday, October 10, 2019  |  Carin Zissis

The author explains how her book takes us from pre-Columbian times to today through three driving forces in Latin America’s history: mining, violence, and religion.  ... Read More

LatAm in Focus: Can International Law Save the Amazon?

Friday, September 20, 2019  |  Luisa Leme

The nine countries where the Amazon lies need should come together to stave off deforestation, says environmental attorney Maria Antonia Tigre of PACE University. ... Read More

LatAm in Focus: Colombia at a Crossroads

Thursday, September 12, 2019  |  Holly K. Sonneland

Albright Stonebridge Group’s Muni Jensen covers the FARC’s announcement to take back up arms and how tensions with Venezuela compound the difficult situation. ... Read More

VOA: Eric Farnsworth, "This Is No Longer Just a Venezuela Crisis, It Is Now a Regional Crisis"

Friday, July 26, 2019  |  Voice of America's Encounter

"To have the once wealthiest nation in the region become a basket case is a huge tragedy," AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth told Voice of America. ... Read More

LatAm in Focus: What's Keeping Brazil's Urban Development "from Being Free"?

Thursday, July 25, 2019  |  Luisa Leme

Curators of Walls of Air: The Brazilian Pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale talk about how mapping contemporary Brazil can influence urban development today. ... Read More

LatAm in Focus: Explaining Mexico's National Guard

Wednesday, July 17, 2019  |  Carin Zissis

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador inaugurated a new force to tackle runaway violence. UCSD’s Cecilia Farfán-Méndez covers what is—and isn’t—new about the National Guard. ... Read More

LatAm in Focus: Can the Bolsonaro Government Fix Brazil's Economy? 

Wednesday, July 10, 2019  |  Luisa Leme

The Peterson Institute’s Monica de Bolle takes stock of the outlook six months into the new president’s term.  ... Read More